Restricted use of DDT is allowed for fighting the mosquito species that carries malaria. Research and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of using DDT. Be sure to point out what DDT stands for. Type one page, single-spaced in 12 point font. Cite your sources (15 points).
DDT is a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide. Like other chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons, DDT tends to persist in the environment and become concentrated in animals at the head of the food chain. Its use is now banned in many countries.The bad things are that the science on DDT's human health impacts has continued to mount over the years, with recent studies showing harm at very low levels of exposure. Studies show a range of human health effects linked to DDT and its …show more content…
male infertility.DDT concentrations were very high in human milk. Because of the effects on our environment and animals there were many other effects that DDT had on humans, due to the flow of contamination and direct contamination. The fish are affected by DDT and birds and eagles eat fish.DDT was initially used by the military in WW II to control malaria, typhus, body lice, and bubonic plague.Cases of malaria fell from 400,000 in 1946 to virtually none in 1950. DDT is still used today in South America, Africa, and Asia for this purpose.And also the year it was banned was 1972.DDT also is highly toxic toward a wide variety of insects as a contact poison that apparently exerts its effect by disorganizing the nervous.The reason it was banned was because it was discovered to be dangerous to wildlife and the environment and they
DDT is a synthetic organic compound used as an insecticide. Like other chlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons, DDT tends to persist in the environment and become concentrated in animals at the head of the food chain. Its use is now banned in many countries.The bad things are that the science on DDT's human health impacts has continued to mount over the years, with recent studies showing harm at very low levels of exposure. Studies show a range of human health effects linked to DDT and its …show more content…
male infertility.DDT concentrations were very high in human milk. Because of the effects on our environment and animals there were many other effects that DDT had on humans, due to the flow of contamination and direct contamination. The fish are affected by DDT and birds and eagles eat fish.DDT was initially used by the military in WW II to control malaria, typhus, body lice, and bubonic plague.Cases of malaria fell from 400,000 in 1946 to virtually none in 1950. DDT is still used today in South America, Africa, and Asia for this purpose.And also the year it was banned was 1972.DDT also is highly toxic toward a wide variety of insects as a contact poison that apparently exerts its effect by disorganizing the nervous.The reason it was banned was because it was discovered to be dangerous to wildlife and the environment and they